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The Shadow Line leads BBC drama's renaissancehttps://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2011/apr/15/the-shadow-line-bbc2
Hugo Blick's intelligent thriller is a return to the type of quality drama that characterised BBC2 in the 1980s<p>For two years the BBC's controllers of drama and BBC2 have been hatching a plan to reintroduce dramas of "sheer grownupness" to BBC2. And with the channel's drama budget boosted by £30m, the first fruits of Ben Stephenson and Janice Hadlow's labour are arriving on screen. Viewers already swooning over sexy Victorian romp, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/series/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-episode-by-episode" title="The Crimson Petal and the White">The Crimson Petal and the White</a>, while hot on its heels comes noir thriller The Shadow Line, revealed to critics earlier this week.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2011/apr/15/the-shadow-line-bbc2">Continue reading...</a>DramaTelevision & radioTelevisionCultureBBCMediaBBC2Television industryBen StephensonThe Shadow LineFri, 15 Apr 2011 12:01:33 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2011/apr/15/the-shadow-line-bbc2Maggie Brown2011-04-15T12:01:33ZBBC2: putting the British in dramahttps://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2011/apr/13/bbc2-drama
Promo for shows including The Shadow Line and The Night Watch asserts their Britishness in face of Sky's US onslaught<p>The BBC is "putting a stake in the ground" by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/OEpRXXsOGrU?hl=en&amp;fs=1" title="airing adverts for its new BBC2 dramas ">airing a promo for new BBC2 dramas</a> under the banner Original British Drama.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2011/apr/13/bbc2-drama">Continue reading...</a>BBC2DramaBBCTelevision industryMediaTelevisionTelevision & radioCultureSky AtlanticThe Shadow LineWed, 13 Apr 2011 15:50:50 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2011/apr/13/bbc2-dramaTara Conlan2011-04-13T15:50:50Z